---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- POWERS AND DUTIES -- CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY PROFESSIONALS (Provides that the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals with the power and duty to certify a list of chemical dependency professionals for use by state agencies and for referral of individuals for treatment.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- POWERS AND DUTIES -- CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY PROFESSIONALS (Provides that the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals with the power and duty to certify a list of chemical dependency professionals for use by state agencies and for referral of individuals for treatment.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 2225"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2225 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Behavioral Healthcare"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archambault", "Satchell", "Sheehan", "Sosnowski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0d42cbd-f745-4438-9115-4500449ee2b1"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "5a6d92563c5b9b204d5a43d8845ce032f8a4027cceabb74f3fb651667b4213d8"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island SB 2225 (2018) — AN ACT RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS -- POWERS AND DUTIES -- CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY PROFESSIONALS (Provides that the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals with the power and duty to certify a list of chemical dependency professionals for use by state agencies and for referral of individuals for treatment.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **2225 as amended** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText18/SenateText18/S2225aa.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Approval of Amendment — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **69–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Archambault — primary (person)
- Satchell — primary (person)
- Sheehan — primary (person)
- Sosnowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-01** 02/01/2018 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-06** 04/06/2018 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (04/10/2018)
- **2018-04-10** 04/10/2018 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2018-04-27** 04/27/2018 Scheduled for consideration (05/01/2018)
- **2018-05-01** 05/01/2018 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-05-02** 05/02/2018 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/10/2018)
- **2018-05-10** 05/10/2018 Senate passed as amended (floor amendment) `passage`
- **2018-05-11** 05/11/2018 Referred to House H.E.W. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-22** 06/22/2018 Scheduled for consideration (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Committee recommends passage as amended in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 Placed on House Calendar (06/23/2018)
- **2018-06-23** 06/23/2018 House passed as amended in concurrence `passage`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-02** 07/02/2018 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0d42cbd-f745-4438-9115-4500449ee2b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).